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Rebecca Tripp http://www.crystalechosound.com/ ID: 48262 Game: FF7 Song's Remixed: The Nightmare’s Beginning Song Title: Vincent’s Longing Youtube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ka1YjWxRt6k

WOW this is compressed. The track sounds soooo squashed. I think it needs another pass at the final mix and/or master to give the instruments some breathing room. I absolutely love the concept here, and the arrangement is tight. There are some really nice details in the mix such as the upward-pitch transition at 2:08. Lots of ear candy here. I hate to do this, and I might be alone here, but this just sounds too compressed to me. Please re-address the final mix to make sure the levels are really where you want them to be, and then master it more cleanly. It's an easy YES for me after this is fixed. NO (borderline, please remaster and resubmit)

Hi, I'm Outbreak and I made a glitch hop remix of Jazz Jackrabbit's Title Theme and would like to share it here on OverClocked Remix. Contact information: Remixer name: Outbreak Real name: Eemil Helin Email address: Website: www.soundcloud.com/outbreakedm Userid: 54604 Submission information: Name of the game: Jazz Jackrabbit, 1994 Developed by: Epic Games Platform: PC OS: DOS Composer: Robert Allen Name of arrangement: Comeback of the Green Rabbit Name of song arranged: Jazz Jackrabbit - Title Theme Link to the original soundtrack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnnFFEStA3c Comments: This remix was super fun to make, especially because this is my first time experimenting with glitch hop and the production process went really smoothly in general. I really like how it turned out since it kinda keeps the original funky vibe in to it while also adding modern elements to the mix.

Very cool ideas, interesting mix of sounds. The sax is mixed way too loud and too wide (sometimes, and center panned other times), and by comparison the drums are too quiet and center panned. There's a synth solo panned all the way to the right at 1:02, I really dislike harsh panning. At 2:38, awesome guitar solo, but all the way panned left. Harumph. I really feel like this mix could use a rebalance and a mixing cleanup. Even so, the arrangement and performances are dynamite! Other Js, do you think the mixing and strange panning are dealbreakers?

Revised Version 2/14 ReMixer Name: LongBoxofChocolate Real Names: Trevor "Manny" Burch, Daniel "DP" Perry, Aaron "Hank" Schmitt Website: https://www.youtube.com/user/LongBoxofChocolate/videos Game: Super Smash Bros. Melee Title: Hank Jankerson's Wild Ride Source: Mute City Hey guys. This is our saxophonist's debut arrangement, so here are some words from him: Full disclosure: yes, we know F-Zero predates Super Smash Bros...but we felt that this arrangement so strongly embodies Melee's incarnation over the others that we'd try and get it submitted there instead. The music video can be found via the youtube link above if you're interested. Cheers!

I really like this. I'm going to have to take a better look at the source use and do some timestamping, but my cursory listen sounds like enough. I do hear quite the nod to Moonlight Sonata, I almost wonder if it is too much. I do like this mix though, Alex has taken some risks with dissonance and I think it works. Very moody and emotive mix. I'm a YES assuming the source checks out and I suspect it does. edit 5/25/16: Listening again, there is quite a bit of Moonlight Sonata here. As a remix of the two themes, this arrangement is genius. For OCR though, it's a no-go. Don't feel bad, I have done this myself. No need to change your track for OCR, it's really a very good track just as it is! NO

ReMixer - RoeTaKa Name - Alex Roe Email - UserID - 9374 Games Arranged - Bloodborne, King's Field IV Arrangement Name - Moonlit Beast Songs Arranged - Cleric Beast (Bloodborne), Dark Reality (King's Field IV) Game info - Game - Bloodborne Composers - Ryan Amon, Tsukasa Saitoh, Michael Wandmacher, Yuka Kitamura, Cris Velasco, Nobuyoshi Suzuki Systems - Playstation 4 Game - King's Field IV Composer - Tsukasa Saitoh Systems - Playstation 2 Comments: I had some ideas to blend these two songs together for a while but wasn't sure how to make a whole remix from it. Then one day when I was listening to Moonlight Sonata I thought it would be fun to use that as inspiration. I wouldn't say this was also a remix of Moonlight Sonata, it just takes some of the feel from it. I'm still not sure if I like what I've done with it but it is what it is and I figure I'd submit anyway.

@pu_freak Just FYI I sent you a PM with a revision to the Molgera track. Let me know when you've received this. Thanks.

Cool concept and sounds, but this is coming off to me as just a continuous drone with some arpeggio work over it and not an actual arrangement. The whole track sounds like an extended intro that never gets going. Sorry! NO

Interesting choice of kick timbre, it actually kinda works. I wish the kick was louder though, and sidechained to at least the backing elements, the soundscape would really be grooving with sidechaining. The rest of the percussion is too quiet, the hats and crashes especially. I think if this were mixed better, this soundscape would actually work really well. The melody writing is really stiff and rigid, the leads could use some humanization and some more variation on the melody. I'd love to hear this back, mixed better, sidechained, and with some differences in writing and/or instrumentation in the second half (which seems to be primarily a straight repeat). Good start though! NO

That choir is unfortunate, especially when it hits the highest notes, oof. But I feel like it is working well enough. There is a low whistle at certain points in the mix that sounds discordant and also really needs to have the lows eq'd out of it, it seems to just be adding some low-end rumble; gotta be careful because low-end rumble will stop you from being able to master your track to the optimal level. That said, this mix transports me to a mystical place and I'm finding it lovely. Plenty of source, too. Works for me. YES

Wow does that guitar sound good, such amazing tone and mixed just right. I like this tune so much better played on a real vs. midi guitar. The arrangement overall is quite conservative, but there are little variations in the melody that set it apart just enough for me. I am really enjoying the additional elements of the harp and zither. I'm not sure what instrument takes the lead starting at 0:57 but I think it's too quiet to be a good lead there, and it's mixed well in the back. The guitar performance is just so good though. My issue with this track is unfortunately that the arrangement consists of two identical playthroughs of the same material. I layered 0:55-2:28 together with 2:28-4:00 and they are identical as far as I can tell. If there are any differences between these two sections (possible additional guitar layering, maybe?), they are too minor to discern. Layered together like this, every guitar pluck is exactly the same. What a shame, that's the dealbreaker for me. Even so, I really enjoyed this. NO

Wes covered this so well, I'm just going to pretty much say "what he said," exactly. NO

Wow, this is fun! It's pretty relentless but wow what energy! I like the combination of timbres in this mix. Good use of sfx. I'm going to come back to this and look at the sources more closely, some of the audio sounds like it might be ripped right from the sources, or am I imagining this? YES (assuming game rips are ok)

Wow, this is really lovely, and the vocals are very well performed, Amy has a beautiful voice. The guitar work is also stellar. I wish the guitar had been double tracked and panned to the sides though, because the guitar competes with the vocals in the middle of the soundscape. The whole mix could be wider, with just the main vocal in the middle. Make this a note for the next time. YES

Great arrangement, great personalization on the sources, and the production is well done too. Pure 80s delight! edit 3/22/16: I said some stuff about the mastering here, I'm deleting the paragraph because it was MY error. YES

Have you sidechained your first lead instrument to its reverb? Cool, that's something I have been wanting to try, it's a nice effect. I like the combination of electronic and organic instruments in this mix, they work well together. Production is generally fine, but the other two judges have identified how conservative this arrangement is. The addition of the full strings in the middle section sounds amazing however. The harp arpeggio in the background sounds very unhumanized however, and that's a bummer, but it's the same as in the source. Some humanization on that arp would have been nice, and if this track doesn't make it, I recommend strongly that you vary the velocities on the harp, make it more realistic. For me, the section from 0:55-1:45 saves the arrangement from being too coverish, because of the added string writing, bell countermelody, and flute flourishes. I really wish you had varied the sections containing the plain melody from the source, so again if this track doesn't make it, I recommend varying that melody somewhere, just a bit, for a break from the repetitive source melody. That said, I like this. YES (borderline)

New version is up.

One Small Step Just something I threw together last weekend! Not sure how to categorize it but it was fun to do.

We were voting on this simultaneously. Jinx!

Wow, this is really great, so nicely personalized. The performances are dynamite. Arrangement gets a bit noodley so I'm glad Larry did the source check. Could the mixing be tightened up, sure, but nothing I'd call a problem. I'm really enjoying this! YES

I like this version so much better than the original, this mix really sounds like it belongs in the game. Awesome work stretching this near-nothing source into a cohesive and emotive arrangement while keeping the original chip sounds intact. Drums could use a bit more highs but no major problem. I really love this. YES

Source is easily identifiable, and this is a great arrangement! The chippy performances are great. Super good personalization of the writing. Lots of detail packed into a short 3 minutes. Fun mix! YES

I actually really like the "intentionally sloppy" approach here, it's really unique! I think it darn-near works, although I'm hoping for something just a bit different at some point just to show that this was intentional. At 2:16, a bass solo is starting up, and I think this is a great idea! But then the track just ends shortly after this bass solo begins. Ideally, I'd like a much longer groovy bass solo, and then some kind of fun reprise and then an outro. So for me this arrangement falls flat. But the concept is solid. The track isn't mixed very well. The rhythm guitar elements are so loud and widely panned, which feels very odd because they only happen sporadically. The shaker is way too loud and dry. Leads are buried. Bass lacks lows. Drum-wise, kick and snare lack impact while shaker and crashes are too loud. The biggest issue however is that the whole track is mastered much too loud. I'm seeing an overall reading of -5.9db RMS which is in Ludicrous Range for such a mellow track as this, and I'm hearing audible distortion when everything hits at once (bass, kick, guitar). I suggest you remove all mastering plugins, revisit the mixing until things are balanced the way they should be (leads up front, supporting elements sitting in the back), then gently bring up your master limiter until you've got a nice mix that hits around -10 to -8ish db RMS and you should be good. I agree with the other judges that you should utilize our wip forums to get further advice on how to get this mixed right. NO (resubmit)

I have just listened to this awesome song again. The arp is sequenced just fine. It is a complex arp and Will has added delay, perhaps this is why some people are being thrown off? I don't quite get it but I suspect at this point some groupthink is occurring. Honestly I'm pretty particular and I hear nothing wrong with the timing of that arp, it is complex and interesting to my ear.